“But They Were Filled With Confusion, And Began To Do Penance.”

Dayr Mar Antonius — Among the very oldest monasteries in the world is that of St. Anthony, isolated far out in Egypt’s Eastern Desert (in the southern part of the Governorate of Suez). I was privileged to visit it once, many years ago, with my friend Kent Brown.
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“It was said of Abba John the Persian that when some evildoers came to harm him, he took a basin and wanted to wash their feet. But they were filled with confusion, and began to do penance.”

From the “Sayings of the Desert Fathers”

I can’t help but be reminded of Alma 24 — a remarkable and powerful story.

“But they were filled with confusion, and began to do penance.”